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A final Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 was reported out of conference committee on July 20. [10] The conference committee had met 29 times over two months, an exceptionally high number of meetings and long period of time. On August 1, the Senate approved the conference report by a vote of 95-to-1. [15] The House followed suit by voice vote on ...
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1952: June 25, 1952, 66 Stat. 158; Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1954: May 6, 1954, 68 Stat. 70; Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 (National Interstate and Defense Highways Act): June 29, 1956, 70 Stat. 374; Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1958: August 7, 1958; Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1959: September 21, 1959, 73 Stat. 611
The U.S. federal-aid highway program was commenced in 1916, with milestones of Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1944 and Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956. [1] The federal-aid highway system consists of three parts: The Interstate Highway System (FAI routes) The Federal-aid primary highway system (FAP system) is a system of connected main highways ...
The bill was introduced in House by Glenn Anderson (D-CA) on January 6, 1987.The bill nominally gave power to apportion money to the Secretary of Transportation. [1] It also allowed states to raise the speed limit to 65 miles per hour (105 km/h) on rural Interstate highways (101 Stat. 218 of the act, amending 23 U.S.C. § 154).
June 29, 1956: Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, (National Interstate and Defense Highways Act), Pub. L. 84–627, 70 Stat. 374 July 28, 1956: Alaska Mental Health Enabling Act , Pub. L. 84–830 , 70 Stat. 709
1970 – Urban Mass Transportation Act, Pub. L. 91–453, 84 Stat. 962; 1970 – Rail Passenger Service Act PL 91-518; 1970 – Airport and Airway Development Act PL 91-258; 1973 – Federal Aid Highway Act PL 93-87; 1973 – Amtrak Improvement Act PL 93-146; 1974 – National Mass Transportation Assistance Act PL 93-503
Congress created MPOs in order to ensure that existing and future expenditures of governmental funds for transportation projects and programs are based on a continuing, cooperative, and comprehensive ("3-C") planning process. Statewide and metropolitan transportation planning processes are governed by federal law. [2]
The case concerned the decision by the Secretary of Transportation John A. Volpe to approve the construction of Interstate 40 through Overton Park in Memphis, Tennessee pursuant to his powers under the Department of Transportation Act of 1966 and the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1968. [1]